List of concertos for English horn

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A number of concertos and concertante works have been written for cor anglais (English horn) and string, wind, chamber, or full orchestra.

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English horn concertos appeared about a century later than oboe solo pieces, mostly because until halfway through the 18th century different instruments (the taille de hautbois, vox humana and the oboe da caccia) had the role of the tenor or alto instrument in the oboe family. The modern English horn was developed from the oboe da caccia in the 1720s, probably in Silesia. The earliest known English horn concertos were written in the 1770s, mostly by prominent oboists of the day, such as Giuseppe Ferlendis, Ignaz Malzat (and his non-oboist brother Johann Michael Malzat) and Joseph Lacher. [1] Few of these works have survived. Among the oldest extant English horn concertos are those by Josef Fiala (a period transcription of a piece originally for viola da gamba) and Anton Milling. It is known that Milling's concerti were performed in 1782 by the Italian oboist Giovanni Palestrini. [1]

Many solos in orchestral works were written for the English horn and a decent amount of chamber music appeared for it as well. However, few solo works with a large ensemble were written for the instrument until well into the 20th century. Since then the repertoire has expanded considerably. Of the 270+ concertos listed below, only 35 predate the Second World War.

Solo concertos

ComposerTitleYear [lower-alpha 1] AccompanimentLength (min.)PublisherRecord label
Raffaele d'Alessandro Serenade, op. 121936strings and timpani 8'AmadeusPan (Qualiton)
William Alwyn Autumn Legend1954 strings 12'LengnickLyrita; Chandos; Naxos
Keith Amos Princess of the peacocks1995stringsCMA Publications
Louis Applebaum Five Snapshots [2] 1999strings
Jesús Arámbarri Ofrenda a Falla1946strings4'UMENaxos
Henk Badings American Folks Song Suite1975 winds Peters
Carlos Baguer Concerto [lower-alpha 2] 1801orchestra
Matthias Bamert Concertino1966stringsSchirmer; Schott
Jeanne Barbillion Cortège funèbrestrings
Siegfried Barchet Concertino1973stringsHänssler Classic
Arnold Bax Concertante for Three Solo Instruments and Orchestra [3] 1949orchestra29'ChapellChandos
Vincenzo Benatti Concerto in F major1790orchestra15'Universal
Ortwin Benninghoff Legende2001strings
Warren Benson Recuerdo [4] 1965winds16'PresserGolden Crest
Alexandre Béon Air Lointain (Poème Symphonique) [5] 1912orchestraLemoine
Hans Willy Bergen Bucolica1952orchestra3'Bernbach; M.M. Cole and Peters
Lorne Betts Elegy1949stringsCNC
Oliver Corcoran Binney Three poems1965strings8'
Yohanan Boehm Concerto, op. 191958orchestraIMP
Jo van den Booren Suite Dionysienne, op. 101964strings13'Donemus
Teresa Borràs i Fornell Concerto, op. 1161994strings20'Tritó
Siegfried Borris Concertino1949stringsPeters
Neil Bramson Concertion2006stringsDa Capo
Colin Brumby Scena for cor anglais1988strings9'PhylloscopusABC Classics
Victor Bruns Concerto, op. 611978orchestraBreitkopf
Anthony Burgess Concerto—OS6.31988orchestraSaga
Eurico Carrapatoso Cinco peças de carácter2005strings
Elliott Carter Pastoral [lower-alpha 3] 1988strings marimba Merion
André Casanova Musique concertante1969orchestraUnited Music
Romeo Cascarino Blades of Grass1945strings&harp7'LyraNaxos
Frits Celis Kareol, op. 61b1997orchestra8'30Phaedra
Sergio Cervetti Duelle1974strings
Emmanuel Chabrier Lamento1875orchestra8'SchirmerNaxos
Julius Chajes Melody and dance1958stringsTranscontinentalArcher
Brian Cherney In the stillness of September 19421992orchestraDoberman-YppanCentrediscs
Brian CherneyLa Princesse lointaine [2] 2001 harp orchestra18'Doberman-YppanCentrediscs
Barney Childs Concerto1955strings harp percussion 14'ACE
Elizabeth Clark Larghetto1941orchestra
Dinos Constantinides Threnos of Creon2006stringsMagni
Robert Cummings Concerto2006orchestra
Arthur Cunningham Dim du mim1969orchestraPresser
Michael Daugherty Spaghetti western [6] 1998orchestra21'Peer MusicEquilibrium
Gion Antoni Derungs Elegia, op. 131/a1993harp stringsPizzicato
David Diamond Elegy in memory of William Faulkner (No. 1 of Elegies for flute, EH, and string orch.)1963strings9'Peer Music
Igor Dibak Altayan Nocturne, op. 301984strings percussion
Caspar Diethelm Concerto, op. 371963harp strings
Gerd Domhardt Orpheus1994strings
Gaetano Donizetti Concertino in G major, In. 6081816orchestra11'Peters; Litolff8+ recordings
Will Eisma Indian summer1981orchestraDonemus
Roderick Elms Il Cygnet2003orchestra4'Dutton
Eberhard Eyser Girondelle1995stringsSMIC
Giuseppe Ferlendis Concerto in C [lower-alpha 4] 1790orchestraKrausHaus
George Fiala Introduction et fugato1961strings
Josef Fiala Concerto in E-flat1780 [lower-alpha 5] orchestra12'Cesky Hudebni FondPhilips
Juraj Filas Ora pro nobis, Fantaisie concertante2000orchestraBim Editions
Ernst Fischer First piece of “Drei Stücke” > Idylle1948orchestra4'Robert Forberg
Anton Fladt Concertino [lower-alpha 6] 1810orchestraBefoco
Bjørn Fongaard Concerto, op. 120, No. 7 [7] 1976orchestra21'NMIC
Matt Fossa Festive Dances2006strings timpany
Tommy Fowler Concerto1995orchestra
Luca Francesconi Plot in fiction [4] 1986orchestra9'RicordiMetier; Attaca(2x); Megadisc
Luca FrancesconiSecondo Concerto [lower-alpha 7] 1991orchestra14'RicordiBVHaast
Isadore Freed Concertino1953orchestra [lower-alpha 8]
Peter Racine Fricker Concertante No.1, op. 131950strings13'Schott
Eugenia Frothingham Soliloquy1974orchestra
Kenneth Fuchs Eventide2003string orchestra, harp, percussion21'Edward B. Marks Music CompanyNaxos
Peter Paul Fuchs Fantasy1974strings12'Belwin & Mills
Peter Paul FuchsPartita concertante, op. 431981strings10'
Anis Fuleihan Le cor anglais s'amuse1969orchestra
Raphael Fusco Capriccio Concertante2007orchestra
Kenji Fusé Elegy1998strings
John Linton Gardner The Last Prelude, op. 2472003stringsMS
René Gerber Concertino1976orchestra22'Gallo
Timothy Goplerud Concerto2001orchestra
Ursula Görsch Konzertstück [4] 1988orchestra
Gabriel Ian Gould Watercolors1998orchestra12'Albany
Matthias Grimminger Konzert1995orchestraArtivo
Richard Gross Interlude1952stringsACFE
Urho Hallaste Lyyrillinen sarja (Lyric Suite)1962strings14'FMIC
Joseph Hallman Divine Discontent2007strings harp percussionHallman
Ted Hansen Contrasts1980strings25'Seesaw
A. Oscar Haugland Concertino1996orchestraTrevCo
Nico Hermans Ode1985stringsDonemus
Jennifer Higdon Soliloquy1989stringsLawdon
Edward Burlingame Hill Music, op. 501943orchestra8'
Sydney Phillip Hodkinson The Edge of the Old One [8] 1977strings percussion26'PresserNew World
Bernard Hoffer Concerto1989orchestra
Anders Hultqvist Variation n.31: concerto1993orchestraSMIC
Gordon Jacob Rhapsody [9] 1948strings9'Steiner & Bell; GalaxyGolden Crest
Stanislav Jelínek Partitastrings
Ivo Jirasek Podvecerni hudba1985strings
Joseph Jongen Méditation op. 211901orchestra
Joseph Kaminski Variations on an Israeli theme1958stringsIsraeli Music Institute
Maurice Karkoff Lieder ohne Worte: Stimmungsbilder, op. 1881991orchestraSMIC
Elena Kats-Chernin Champagne in a Teapot1997orchestraBoosey & Hawks
Ulysses Kay Pietà1950strings7'Pembroke
Garrison Keillor What an English horn player thinks2006orchestra
Aaron Jay Kernis Colored Field1994orchestra41'SchirmerArgo
Dirk-Michael Kirsch Jahreszeiten, Op. 182005/07orchestra28’ACCOLADE Musikverlag
Uuno Klami Intermezzo1937orchestra4'FMICAlba
Erland von Koch Fantasi över en svensk vallåt1975stringsSMIC
Erland von KochRondo1983stringsWarnerCh
Jan Koetsier Vision pastorale, op. 15/11937stringsDonemus
Karl Michael Komma Elegie und Scherzo1998orchestra12’
Leslie Kondorossy Serenade, op. 111946orchestra
Marek Kopelent Concertino1984orchestra19’Breitkopf und HärtelPraga
Karl-Heinz Köper Der Schwan von Pesaro1979orchestra12'Köper Verlag
William Kraft Concerto [2] 2002orchestra19’Presser
Bernhard Krol Serenata amorosa, op. 571972 mandolin orchestra Trekel
Bernhard KrolConsolazione concerto, op. 701980stringsBote & Bock
Herbert Küster Bukolische serenade & NotturnostringsBosworth
Oddvar S. Kvam Elegy, op. 8 [7] 1959strings timpany7'NMIC
Otomar Kvěch Cassandra and the Trojan Horse [10] 2004orchestra10'NMIC
Harold Laudenslager Elegy (In memoriam)1959strings timpanyUS-Wc
Aubert Lemeland L'automne et ses envols d'étourneaux, op. 1451990harp strings12'BillaudotSkarbo
Dimitrios Levidis Divertissement, op. 251911orchestraDurdilly-Hayet
Gerald Levinson From Erebus and black night1979orchestraPhilharmusic
Ivana Loudová Luminous Voice1985orchestraC F Peters
Peter Machajdík In Embrace 2019strings15'
James MacMillan The World's Ransoming 1996orchestra22'LSO;Bis
Bruno Maderna Concerto n.1 [lower-alpha 9] 1962orchestra20'BruzzichelliBVHaast; Col Legno
Bruno MadernaConcerto n.3 [4] [5] 1973orchestra17'RicordiBVHaast; Col Legno
Johann Michael Malzat Concerto in E-flat1785orchestra
Johann Michael MalzatConcerto in F1785orchestra
Fritz Mareczek Sommerabend am Berg1956orchestraGerig; Peters
John MarvinConcerto2006orchestraFish Creek
Nicholas Maw Concerto2005orchestra20'Faber
Hardy Mertens Tone poem "Queen of Sheba", op. 1251984winds
Anton Milling Concerto in B-flat1780stringsMolinari
Walter Mourant Elm St, Fairbury, Illinois1954strings7'ACA
Alexandros Mouzas Monologue2001orchestra13'Naxos
Bernhard Eduard Müller Abendempfindung im Gebirge, op. 121880orchestraMerseburger
Hans Müller-Talamona Ballata1989orchestra
Vazgen Muradian Concerto, op. 801993orchestra
Gösta Nystroem Ett litet intermezzo1937stringsSMIC
Leroy Osmon A Lonely Moment Wakens2005harp stringsRBC
Ian Parrott Concerto1954orchestraNovello
Gustaf Paulson Concerto nr 1, op. 991958strings timpanySMIC
Gustaf PaulsonConcerto nr 2, op. 1031959stringsSMIC
Krzysztof Penderecki Adagietto from the "Paradise Lost"1979strings5'MSDux
Alain Perron Double éclat [lower-alpha 10] 1992orchestra8'DobermanVienna Modern Masters
Vincent Persichetti Concerto, op. 137 [8] 1977strings24'ElkanGrenadilla; New World
Bryony Phillips Child birth1949orchestra
Astor Piazolla Tanti anni prima (Molto cantabile) [lower-alpha 11] 1984orchestra5'8+ records
Giuseppe Pilotti Konzertstück in F 1806orchestraBerlinerTorofon
Walter Piston Fantasy1952harp strings9'AMPCapriccio; Delos; Naxos
Juan Bautista Plaza Elegía1923strings
David L. Post Concerto1999orchestra19'MMC (2x)
Archibald James Potter Madra Líath na Mara (Grey Dog of the Sea) 1977orchestra
Mel Powell Cantilena concertante1948orchestraSchirmer
Alexander Radvilovitch Concerto1986orchestra
Behzad Ranjbaran Concerto for English Horn and Strings2015string orchestra16'Presser
Anton Reicha Scène (Recitative and Rondo)1811orchestraMcGinnis & Marx; AmadeusPhilips
Alan Ridout Concertino1979stringsEmersonWirripang
Richard Rijnvos Riflesso sull'acqua 2007orchestra15'
Ned Rorem Concerto [8] [11] 1992orchestra23'Boosey & HawkesNew World
Ronald Roseman Concertion (or Chanson)1983strings14'ACE
Arnold Rosner Five meditations, op. 361967harp strings18'Laurel
Arne Running Concertino, op. 4 1982strings18'ShawneeCRI
Marjorie M. Rusche Concerto1974orchestra
Josef Rut Concerto1983strings15'
Herman Sandby Romance1950harp stringsSkandinavisk
François Sarhan Cinq pièces: "Études pour la Fleur inverse“2004orchestra12'
Josef Schelb Concerto1970strings19'Antes
Harold Schiffman Chamber Concerto1986orchestra17'North/South
Wolfgang-Andreas Schultz Abendländisches Lied 1989orchestra18'Astoria
Peter Seabourne Concerto2013orchestra26'
José Serebrier Casi un Tango2002strings6'BIS
Larry Shackley Concerto2006orchestra
Rodney Sharman Song without Words [ permanent dead link ]2009orchestra20'
Jean Sibelius The Swan of Tuonela, op. 22/31893orchestra9'Doblinger125+ records
Stanisław Skrowaczewski Concerto1969orchestra18'SchirmerDesto; Phoenix
Vilnis Šmīdbergs Concerto Symphony1983strings18'Musica Baltica
Hale Smith Recitative and Aria1995winds
Robert Edward Smith Concerto [12] 2007orchestra
Vladimír Soukup Sonata1966strings piano
Simeon Stafford Andante2006orchestraDa Capo
Jack Stamp Elegy1990winds6'
Christopher Stanichar Poem2005stringsTrevco
Hans Steinmetz Liebesruf eines Faun1954orchestraForberg; Trevco
Allan Stephenson Concerto2000strings18'K&K Verlagsanstalt
David Stock Evensong1985winds9'Peters
Wolfgang Stockmeier Sonata1969stringsMöseler
Jan Stoeckart Suite Pastorale [lower-alpha 12] 1975harp strings9'Orlando
Allan Burrage Stout Intermezzo, op. 41955strings celesta tom-tom Peters
Otto Strobl Musik1994orchestra10'
Tomas Svoboda Chorale from 15th Century, op. 52f1993strings4'
Keith Templeman Concerto2006orchestra
Johannes Paul Thilman Orpheus1969orchestraPeters
John Thow Bellini Sky2005orchestra20'
Roger Trefousse Column1979strings10'
Paul Turok Canzone Concertante, op. 571980orchestra13’Schirmer
Paul TurokConcerto, op. 731985strings15’Fischer
Pēteris Vasks Concerto1989orchestra21’SchottWergo; Conifer; RCA
Giulio Viozzi Arioso e burlesca1994stringsPizzicato
Berthe di Vito-Delvaux Piece Concertante, op. 1051965orchestra9’
Henk de Vlieger Concerto [lower-alpha 13] 1992orchestra20’
Lodewijk de Vocht Herderswijze ("Shepherd's tune")1908strings
Gustave Vogt Adagio [lower-alpha 14] 1830orchestraF-Pn 16.683
Gustave VogtPrière de Zingarelli, Lettre A 1835orchestraRichault
Zbynek Vostrak Kristaly (Crystals), op. 651983strings percussion13'
Alarich Wallner Konzert [4] 1971orchestra
Fried Walter Traunsee1957strings harp glockenspiel
Guy Warrack Lullaby1950orchestra6'Novello
Derek Weagle Resplendent Sorrow2016strings and harp12'Risanare Music
John Weinzweig Divertimento n.111990strings13'CMCCMC
Elliot Weisgarber Autumnal Music1973strings15'CMC
Joseph Pollard White Concerto for Oboe d'amore2006orchestra
Michel Wiblé Nocturne1946harp orchestra
Michel WibléBallade1955orchestra
Michel WibléRapsodia1962strings percussion
Peter Wiegold Earth, receive an honoured guest2003strings18'
Alec Wilder Air1944strings4'USASony; Newport
Robert Wittinger Consonante, op. 51965orchestra
Hugo Wolf Italian serenade [lower-alpha 15] 1892orchestra8'
Ermanno Wolf-Ferrari Concertino in A-flat, op. 341947orchestra27’Leuckart; PetersCPO; Koch; Tactus (2x)
Pavel Zemek Serenade2004orchestra
Richard Zettler Concerto1966winds

Double and triple concertos

ComposerTitleYearOther soloist(s)AccompanimentLength (min.)PublisherRecord label
Kalevi Aho Double Concerto2014 harp orchestra30'Fennica Gehrman
Benjamin Ashkenazy Izkor, in memoriam Glenn Gould, op. 91986 piano orchestraDonemus
Robert George Barrow Sinfonia concertante trumpet, double bass orchestra
Stefano Bellon Alfabeto deserto2006 flute orchestra
Michael Berkeley Tristessa2004 viola orchestra22'OUPChandos
John Biggs Double Reed Concerto [13] 2011oboe, bassoon strings
Victor Bruns Concerto, op. 741982flutestrings, percussionBreitkopf
Diana Burrell Dunkelhvide Månestråler1996 contralto orchestraUMP
Luigi Cherubini Ave Maria: Offertorium1816 soprano orchestra5'Fentone; Kalmus9+ recordings
Aaron Copland Quiet City 1940trumpetstrings10'Boosey & Hawks46+ recordings
Lars Danielsson Double Concerto2018double bass/celloorchestra40'
Jan van Dijk Suite pastorale, op. 1991953oboeorchestraDonemus
Franco Donatoni Holly1990oboe, oboe d'amore orchestraRicordi
Antal Dorati Trittico1985oboe, oboe d'amoreorchestraDecca
Johannes Driessler Concerto da camera I, op. 511962flute, violin stringsBoosey & Hawks
Roderick Elms Cygncopations - Reverie et Danse2003 vibraphone orchestra7'Dutton
Harold Farberman Shapings1983percussion (2)stringsCortelu
Josef Fiala Concertante in B flat1780 clarinet orchestra20'Musica RaraArte Nova
Eugene Goossens Concert piece op.65 [4] 19582 harpsorchestraMillsABC; Chandos
Percy Grainger Colleen Dhas (The Valley Lay Smiling)1904flute, guitarstrings4'BardicCala; Chandos; Koch
Jozef Gresak Concertino pastorale1965oboe, horn orchestra
Gary Hayes Serenade1984trumpetstrings
Harald Heilmann Gulbenkian-Concerto1974 trombone orchestraFGC
Lee Hoiby Prayer and Procession2010flute, clarinetwind ensemble24'
Arthur Honegger Concerto da camera, H 196 1948flutestrings17'Salabert12+ recordings
Alan Hovhaness Anahid op.571944flute, trumpetstrings, percussion14'PetersCrystal
Charles Ives The Rainbow [lower-alpha 16] 1914flutestrings, piano2'Peer MusicEMI, Sony, Unicorn Kanchana
Milko Kelemen Interplay1998oboe, oboe d'amoreorchestraSikorski
Miklos Kocsar Episodi1982oboestrings15'Editio MusicaHungaroton
Karl Heinz Köper Concertino Tricolore1974 bass clarinet, bassoonstrings12'Köper
David I. Krivitsky Double concerto1989 piccolo trumpet strings
Riccardo Malipiero Composizione concertata1982oboe, oboe d'amorestrings14'Suvini Zerboni
Ignaz? Malzat Arietta e rondo1792English hornorchestra
Ignaz? MalzatVariazione e cantabile1799bassoonorchestra
Clark McAlister Elegia para Quijote y Quijana [14] 1996double basswinds21'MaecenasAlbany
Louis Moyse Marlborian concerto No. 21969fluteorchestra
Knut Nystedt Concertino, op. 29 [7] 1952clarinetstrings19'NMICNorsk Komponist Forening
Alessio Prati Misero pargoletto (aria)1786 alto orchestra
André Previn Reflections1981 cello orchestra13'ChesterAngel
Augusto B. Rattenbach Doppio concerto1969clarinetorchestra
João Guilherme Ripper Abertura Concertante1999oboeorchestra
Irving Robbin Concerto for oboes and strings1983oboe, oboe d'amorestrings
Alec Roth Departure of the Queen of Sheba1999oboestrings
Helmut Sadler Dialog-Szenenoboestrings20'Latzina
Nicola Scardicchio Kemit, canti e danze del giovane Horus2002soprano, violaorchestraLatzina
Othmar Schoeck Serenade, op. 271930oboestrings5'Breitkopf & HärtelCPO
Max Schubel Elation "Uniesienie"2002voice, celloorchestra8'Opus One
Max SchubelAquirelle2003celloorchestra13'Opus One
Rodion Shchedrin Shepherd's Pipes of Vologda (Hommage to Bartók), op. 911995oboe, hornstrings8'Schott
Heinrich Simbriger Elegie, op. 941963violinstrings12'
Robert Starer Concerto a quattro1983oboe, clarinet, bassoonorchestra22'MCAMMC
Clive Strutt Suite in G minor after Loeillet1996oboestrings, harpsichord 22'SMC
Gleb Taranov Concerto piccolo1937flute, bassoonstrings
Ivan Tcherepnin Triple Concertino [5] 1997trombone, contrabass clarinet winds13'
Francis Thorne Triple Concerto2004bass clarinet, violaorchestra23'Presser
František Xaver Thuri Triple Concerto in D-major2005oboe, oboe d'amorestrings, harpsichordThuri
Tôn-Thât Tiêt Hy Vong 141971harpsichordstrings15'Salabert
Michael Touchi Tango Barroco2000 soprano saxophone strings16'JDA
Eugenio Toussaint Gauguin2000harpstrings20'Urtext
John Veale Triune1993oboeorchestra14'Lengnick
Mathieu Vibert Nocturne1973oboeorchestra15'Doron
Graham Whettam Les Roseaux Au Vent19932 oboes, bassoonstrings17'Meriden
Isang Yun Duetto concertante1987oboestrings18'Bote & Bock

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References and footnotes

  1. Years in italics are estimates, which may be off by as much as 10 years.
  2. This concerto may be lost (see ca:Corn anglès and ca:Carles Baguer (in Catalan)
  3. Carter's own adaptation of his pastoral for English horn and piano. In 1937 Carter also wrote a Concerto for English horn and orchestra, but did not finish it and the manuscript has been destroyed.
  4. This is an arrangement of one of Ferlendis' published oboe concertos, mistaken by Saint-Foix as a period arrangement of his lost English horn concerto.[version by Marcia Kraus , first version of 1987, final version of 2006)
  5. This piece was originally a concerto for viola da gamba, which the composer played. There is a period arrangement for basset horn. The English horn version is a 20th-century idea. [ citation needed ]
  6. Composition date unknown; composer lived from 1775 to 1850.
  7. Soloist alternates between piccolo oboe (musette), oboe and English horn
  8. The orchestral score does not appear to survive, and may never have been produced. MS with piano: US-NYpl.
  9. Soloist alternates between oboe, oboe d'amore, and English horn
  10. Soloist alternates between oboe d'amore, and English horn
  11. Originally part of the score for the movie "Henry IV".
  12. Using the pseudonym Julius Steffaro
  13. Orchestration of Sonate in F minor by Carlo Yvon
  14. 2nd movement of otherwise lost Concerto. Charles David Lehrer, An Introduction to the 16 Oboe Concertos of Gustave Vogt
  15. Wolf originally orchestrated his serenade for English horn and orchestra, but in the final version (finished by Max Reger in 1903), the solo English horn was replaced by a solo viola.
  16. At 1:53 minutes hardly a "concerto"
  1. 1 2 Finkelman, Michael (1999). "Die Oboeinstrumente in tiefer Stimmlage, Teil 5". Tibia. 99: 618–24.
  2. 1 2 3 Dan Stolper, Oboists in the news [ permanent dead link ], The Double Reed 26 (1), page 20, 2003
  3. First movement is for EH and orchestra
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 6 Soloist alternates between oboe and English horn
  5. 1 2 3 Last finished composition by the composer
  6. Lorraine Duso (1998). "Michael Daugherty's Spaghetti Western". The Double Reed. p. 69. Archived from the original on July 30, 2003.
  7. 1 2 3 Norwegian oboe music Archived 2008-07-15 at the Wayback Machine
  8. 1 2 3 Mike Silverton Three Concerti for English Horn, Liner notes
  9. Robert Pusey Oboe and English horn music by Gordon Jacob [ permanent dead link ], The Double Reed Vol. IV, No. 3, 1981
  10. Otomar Kvěch - Cassandra and the Trojan Horse Archived 2012-02-23 at the Wayback Machine
  11. Daniel Stolper, Tom Stacy, Ned Rorem and a New Concerto [ permanent dead link ], The Double Reed, Vol. 17, No. 2, 1992
  12. Rapsis, Jeff (2014-06-14). "Very easy on the ears: Nashua Chamber Orchestra premieres English Horn concerto". hippopress.com. Retrieved 2014-06-08.
  13. Wyckoff, Mark (2011-09-29). "Ojai composer's new concerto features oboe, English horn and bassoon". Ventura County Star. Archived from the original on 2013-02-05. Retrieved 2014-06-08.
  14. Joseph Stevenson, review at allmusic.com

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Albrecht Mayer is a German classical oboist and conductor. The principal oboist of the Berlin Philharmonic, he is internationally known as a soloist and chamber musician and has made many recordings.

Jiří Družecký was a Czech composer, oboist, and timpanist.

The Strathclyde Concertos are a series of ten orchestral works by the English composer Sir Peter Maxwell Davies.

David Reichenberg was an American oboist and a highly respected specialist on the baroque oboe. He was born in Cedar Falls, Iowa and learnt the flute, violin, and piano as a child. He began his oboe studies with Dr. Myron E. Russell of the University of Northern Iowa. Beginning in 1969, Reichenberg studied at the Indiana University School of Music, continuing his oboe studies with Jerry Sirucek, former oboist with the Chicago Symphony Orchestra. Graduating in 1972, Reichenberg moved to Salzburg, where he attended the Mozarteum. It was in Salzburg that Reichenberg met Nikolaus Harnoncourt, director of Concentus Musicus Wien. Reichenberg became increasingly interested in playing the oboe's repertoire on the instrument for which it had been written and, with the assistance of Harnoncourt, moved to Vienna in order to study baroque oboe with Jürg Schäftlein. He simultaneously studied oboe making with Paul Hailperin, building the instrument upon which he played for four years. Reichenberg took part in many concerts and recordings with Concentus Musicus, and gradually increased his activities with that group.

Paul Angerer was an Austrian violist, conductor, composer and radio presenter.

An oboe quintet is a chamber music group of five individuals led by an oboist, or music written for this ensemble.

A double concerto is a concerto featuring two performers—as opposed to the usual single performer, in the solo role. The two performers' instruments may be of the same type, as in Bach's Double Violin Concerto, or different, as in Brahms's Concerto for Violin, Cello and Orchestra.

Jean François Toussaint Rogister was a Belgian virtuoso violist, teacher and composer.

Ivan Fedele is an Italian composer. He studied at the Milan Conservatory.

The Oboe Concerto is a concerto for oboe and orchestra by the American composer Christopher Rouse. The work was commissioned by the Minnesota Orchestra and completed in 2004. The piece premiered in 2009 with oboist Basil Reeve and the Minnesota Orchestra performing under conductor Osmo Vanska.

The Concerto for Oboe and Orchestra is a composition for oboe solo and orchestra by the American composer Ellen Taaffe Zwilich. The work was commissioned by the Cleveland Orchestra in honor of their principal oboist John Mack's 25th year with the orchestra. It was first performed by Mack and the Cleveland Orchestra under the direction of Christoph von Dohnányi on January 17, 1991. The piece is dedicated "with affection" to John Mack.